The Black Sea: The Birthplace of Civilisation and Barbarism (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Black Sea Evokes the culture, history and politics of the region which surrounds the Black Sea. This book recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea; and in our own century the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, striving for mastery of the shores of the Black Sea.
Full description- Publisher: VINTAGE
- Published: 13 November 2007
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: General & World History | European History | Guidebooks
- ISBN 13: 9780099520467 ISBN 10: 009952046X
- Sales rank: 58,120
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Full description for The Black Sea
Black Sea is at once a homage to an ocean and its shores and an amazingly readable meditation on Eurasian history from the earliest times to the present. It evokes the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea. Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious fastness of the Chrisian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea; and in our own century the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, striving for mastery of these endlessly colourful and complex shores. This is a story of Greeks, Scythians, Samatians, Huns, Goths, Turks, Russian and Poles. This is the sea where Europe ended. It is the place where 'barbarism' was born.
